Desperation


A $34 billion fillip for Labor

Yesterday’s $34 billion tax cut pledge is an effort to attack Labor’s economic credentials, but it smacks of desperation. Rhetoric might have been better for a week or two, writes Christian Kerr.

There’s only so much mileage in being the underdog

It’s deja vu all over again. Almost two months ago, the prime minister warned his colleagues that they were facing electoral “annihilation”. This week his tone was more plaintive, but the message was the same.